Chilean steel producer CAP to rely on green hydrogen to produce sustainable steel

In Chile, BNamericas reported that the country’s main steel producer CAP is working to develop a green hydrogen pilot plant to decarbonize steel production at its Huachipato unit in Talcahuano. According to the report, the firm aims to replace coke coal for the blast furnaces and supply the direct reduction plant with less polluting fuels. Compañía Siderúrgica Huachipato, CAP’s steelmaking division, is currently running tests as part of the H2V CAP project, which uses 12MW electrolyzers that will be upgraded to 17.5MW, infrastructure head Patricia López said during the Fichtner Forum Hydrogen Chile 2023 event. The pilot is expected to produce 1,550 tons of green hydrogen and help consolidate a green steel line by 2030. In 2030, production of 200,000-300,000 tons per year of green steel is expected to start.

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